Congratulations!

Congrats!

No shame whatsoever in stopping at this point, the last challenge does require the numbers (and the annoyance that comes with it) to make up for it.

I'll say, though, that it might not be quite as bad as you're thinking. I believe a max leveled character (no stored levels) and 2~3 perfected items (possibly with some cheese on top) might be enough to beat even the toughest of the challenges in this game.

引用自 Retro Hacker Developer：

I know there is more to the game but I am burned out. Over 150 hours. I can't go no more and I feel beating Prinny Baal is enough of an accomplishment to feel like I beat this game. I don't know how people have the patience to make like 5 characters with all perfect equipment and like 100k stocked levels.

For starters, congrats!

Older NIS titles however only seem daunting at first, but most of the time only one character will do. Anything else would be overkill. A little bit of research goes a long way. Even the extra content this version has added can be done with a single character. In my case? I had one super OP character and a lot of minor characters for buffs/debuffs. That's all.

Can confirm, my Momoka isn't even perfected yet and she cleared the ultimate fight with just the help of a few throwers, some initial buffs, and one cast of Anti Ice. Didn't even need to use Axel Mode's extra mechanics, either. Even unleashed, Pringer X isn't always aggressive like Baal is so you can snipe them out if you can get out of the scrum.